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Google Ads Reporting Script

By Geoff Griffiths @mmatraining1980

This script is no longer live, but I had it in my account, I’m pasting it here for safekeeping and future reference as it is pretty handy:

to use the script:

Google Ads Reporting Script
Change the Google sheet/doc URL and the email address
  • Sign into Google Ads
  • Click on “Tools & Settings” on the top menu near the right hand side
  • Click “scripts”
  • Click the addition (+) sign to add a new script
  • Paste in the below script – save – preview and then run
// Copyright 2015, Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.

/**
 * @name Account Summary Report
 *
 * @overview The Account Summary Report script generates an at-a-glance report
 *     showing the performance of an entire Google Ads account. See
 *     https://developers.google.com/google-ads/scripts/docs/solutions/account-summary
 *     for more details.
 *
 * @author Google Ads Scripts Team [[email protected]]
 *
 * @version 1.1
 *
 * @changelog
 * - version 1.1
 *   - Add user-updateable fields, and ensure report row ordering.
 * - version 1.0.4
 *   - Improved code readability and comments.
 * - version 1.0.3
 *   - Added validation for external spreadsheet setup.
 * - version 1.0.2
 *   - Fixes date formatting bug in certain timezones.
 * - version 1.0.1
 *   - Improvements to time zone handling.
 * - version 1.0
 *   - Released initial version.
 */

var RECIPIENT_EMAIL = '[email protected]';

var SPREADSHEET_URL = 'https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mNjc7iJWOIq580DMLf6rYKT8xRAcl2MynnGSY29UiXY/edit#gid=3';

/**
 * Configuration to be used for running reports.
 */
var REPORTING_OPTIONS = {
  // Comment out the following line to default to the latest reporting version.
  apiVersion: 'v201809'
};

/**
 * To add additional fields to the report, follow the instructions at the link
 * in the header above, and add fields to this variable, taken from the Account
 * Performance Report reference:
 * https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/reports/account-performance-report
 */
var REPORT_FIELDS = [
  {columnName: 'Cost', displayName: 'Cost'},
  {columnName: 'AverageCpc', displayName: 'Avg. CPC'},
  {columnName: 'Ctr', displayName: 'CTR'},
  {columnName: 'Impressions', displayName: 'Impressions'},
  {columnName: 'Clicks', displayName: 'Clicks'}
];

function main() {
  Logger.log('Using spreadsheet - %s.', SPREADSHEET_URL);
  var spreadsheet = validateAndGetSpreadsheet();
  spreadsheet.setSpreadsheetTimeZone(AdsApp.currentAccount().getTimeZone());
  spreadsheet.getRangeByName('account_id_report').setValue(
      AdsApp.currentAccount().getCustomerId());

  var yesterday = getYesterday();
  var date = getFirstDayToCheck(spreadsheet, yesterday);

  var rows = [];
  var existingDates = getExistingDates();

  while (date.getTime() <= yesterday.getTime()) {
    if (!existingDates[date]) {
      var row = getReportRowForDate(date);
      rows.push([new Date(date)].concat(REPORT_FIELDS.map(function(field) {
        return row[field.columnName];
      })));
      spreadsheet.getRangeByName('last_check').setValue(date);
    }
    date.setDate(date.getDate() + 1);
  }

  if (rows.length > 0) {
    writeToSpreadsheet(rows);

    var email = spreadsheet.getRangeByName('email').getValue();
    if (email) {
      sendEmail(email);
    }
  }
}

/**
 * Retrieves a lookup of dates for which rows already exist in the spreadsheet.
 *
 * @return {!Object} A lookup of existing dates.
 */
function getExistingDates() {
  var spreadsheet = validateAndGetSpreadsheet();
  var sheet = spreadsheet.getSheetByName('Report');

  var data = sheet.getDataRange().getValues();
  var existingDates = {};
  data.slice(5).forEach(function(row) {
    existingDates[row[1]] = true;
  });
  return existingDates;
}

/**
 * Sorts the data in the spreadsheet into ascending date order.
 */
function sortReportRows() {
  var spreadsheet = validateAndGetSpreadsheet();
  var sheet = spreadsheet.getSheetByName('Report');

  var data = sheet.getDataRange().getValues();
  var reportRows = data.slice(5);
  if (reportRows.length) {
    reportRows.sort(function(rowA, rowB) {
      if (!rowA || !rowA.length) {
        return -1;
      } else if (!rowB || !rowB.length) {
        return 1;
      } else if (rowA[1] < rowB[1]) {
        return -1;
      } else if (rowA[1] > rowB[1]) {
        return 1;
      }
      return 0;
    });
    sheet.getRange(6, 1, reportRows.length, reportRows[0].length)
        .setValues(reportRows);
  }
}

/**
 * Append the data rows to the spreadsheet.
 *
 * @param {Array<Array<string>>} rows The data rows.
 */
function writeToSpreadsheet(rows) {
  var access = new SpreadsheetAccess(SPREADSHEET_URL, 'Report');
  var emptyRow = access.findEmptyRow(6, 2);
  if (emptyRow < 0) {
    access.addRows(rows.length);
    emptyRow = access.findEmptyRow(6, 2);
  }
  access.writeRows(rows, emptyRow, 2);
  sortReportRows();
}

function sendEmail(email) {
  var day = getYesterday();
  var yesterdayRow = getReportRowForDate(day);
  day.setDate(day.getDate() - 1);
  var twoDaysAgoRow = getReportRowForDate(day);
  day.setDate(day.getDate() - 5);
  var weekAgoRow = getReportRowForDate(day);

  var html = [];
  html.push(
    '<html>',
      '<body>',
        '<table width=800 cellpadding=0 border=0 cellspacing=0>',
          '<tr>',
            '<td colspan=2 align=right>',
              "<div style='font: italic normal 10pt Times New Roman, serif; " +
                  "margin: 0; color: #666; padding-right: 5px;'>" +
                  'Powered by Google Ads Scripts</div>',
            '</td>',
          '</tr>',
          "<tr bgcolor='#3c78d8'>",
            '<td width=500>',
              "<div style='font: normal 18pt verdana, sans-serif; " +
              "padding: 3px 10px; color: white'>Account Summary report</div>",
            '</td>',
            '<td align=right>',
              "<div style='font: normal 18pt verdana, sans-serif; " +
              "padding: 3px 10px; color: white'>",
               AdsApp.currentAccount().getCustomerId(), '</h1>',
            '</td>',
            '</tr>',
          '</table>',
          '<table width=800 cellpadding=0 border=0 cellspacing=0>',
            "<tr bgcolor='#ddd'>",
              '<td></td>',
              "<td style='font: 12pt verdana, sans-serif; " +
                  'padding: 5px 0px 5px 5px; background-color: #ddd; ' +
                  "text-align: left'>Yesterday</td>",
              "<td style='font: 12pt verdana, sans-serif; " +
                  'padding: 5px 0px 5px 5px; background-color: #ddd; ' +
                  "text-align: left'>Two Days Ago</td>",
              "<td style='font: 12pt verdana, sans-serif; " +
                  'padding: 5px 0px 5x 5px; background-color: #ddd; ' +
                  "text-align: left'>A week ago</td>",
            '</tr>');
  REPORT_FIELDS.forEach(function(field) {
    html.push(emailRow(
        field.displayName, field.columnName, yesterdayRow, twoDaysAgoRow,
        weekAgoRow));
  });
  html.push('</table>', '</body>', '</html>');
  MailApp.sendEmail(email, 'Google Ads Account ' +
      AdsApp.currentAccount().getCustomerId() + ' Summary Report', '',
      {htmlBody: html.join('\n')});
}

function emailRow(title, column, yesterdayRow, twoDaysAgoRow, weekAgoRow) {
  var html = [];
  html.push('<tr>',
      "<td style='padding: 5px 10px'>" + title + '</td>',
      "<td style='padding: 0px 10px'>" + yesterdayRow[column] + '</td>',
      "<td style='padding: 0px 10px'>" + twoDaysAgoRow[column] +
          formatChangeString(yesterdayRow[column], twoDaysAgoRow[column]) +
          '</td>',
      "<td style='padding: 0px 10px'>" + weekAgoRow[column] +
          formatChangeString(yesterdayRow[column], weekAgoRow[column]) +
          '</td>',
      '</tr>');
  return html.join('\n');
}


function getReportRowForDate(date) {
  var timeZone = AdsApp.currentAccount().getTimeZone();
  var dateString = Utilities.formatDate(date, timeZone, 'yyyyMMdd');
  return getReportRowForDuring(dateString + ',' + dateString);
}

function getReportRowForDuring(during) {
  var report = AdsApp.report(
      'SELECT ' +
          REPORT_FIELDS
              .map(function(field) {
                return field.columnName;
              })
              .join(',') +
          ' FROM ACCOUNT_PERFORMANCE_REPORT ' +
          'DURING ' + during,
      REPORTING_OPTIONS);
  return report.rows().next();
}

function formatChangeString(newValue,  oldValue) {
  var x = newValue.indexOf('%');
  if (x != -1) {
    newValue = newValue.substring(0, x);
    var y = oldValue.indexOf('%');
    oldValue = oldValue.substring(0, y);
  }

  var change = parseFloat(newValue - oldValue).toFixed(2);
  var changeString = change;
  if (x != -1) {
    changeString = change + '%';
  }

  if (change >= 0) {
    return "<span style='color: #38761d; font-size: 8pt'> (+" +
        changeString + ')</span>';
  } else {
    return "<span style='color: #cc0000; font-size: 8pt'> (" +
        changeString + ')</span>';
  }
}

function SpreadsheetAccess(spreadsheetUrl, sheetName) {
  this.spreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.openByUrl(spreadsheetUrl);
  this.sheet = this.spreadsheet.getSheetByName(sheetName);

  // what column should we be looking at to check whether the row is empty?
  this.findEmptyRow = function(minRow, column) {
    var values = this.sheet.getRange(minRow, column,
        this.sheet.getMaxRows(), 1).getValues();
    for (var i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
      if (!values[i][0]) {
        return i + minRow;
      }
    }
    return -1;
  };
  this.addRows = function(howMany) {
    this.sheet.insertRowsAfter(this.sheet.getMaxRows(), howMany);
  };
  this.writeRows = function(rows, startRow, startColumn) {
    this.sheet.getRange(startRow, startColumn, rows.length, rows[0].length).
        setValues(rows);
  };
}

/**
 * Gets a date object that is 00:00 yesterday.
 *
 * @return {Date} A date object that is equivalent to 00:00 yesterday in the
 *     account's time zone.
 */
function getYesterday() {
  var yesterday = new Date(new Date().getTime() - 24 * 3600 * 1000);
  return new Date(getDateStringInTimeZone('MMM dd, yyyy 00:00:00 Z',
      yesterday));
}

/**
 * Returned the last checked date + 1 day, or yesterday if there isn't
 * a specified last checked date.
 *
 * @param {Spreadsheet} spreadsheet The export spreadsheet.
 * @param {Date} yesterday The yesterday date.
 *
 * @return {Date} The date corresponding to the first day to check.
 */
function getFirstDayToCheck(spreadsheet, yesterday) {
  var last_check = spreadsheet.getRangeByName('last_check').getValue();
  var date;
  if (last_check.length == 0) {
    date = new Date(yesterday);
  } else {
    date = new Date(last_check);
    date.setDate(date.getDate() + 1);
  }
  return date;
}

/**
 * Produces a formatted string representing a given date in a given time zone.
 *
 * @param {string} format A format specifier for the string to be produced.
 * @param {date} date A date object. Defaults to the current date.
 * @param {string} timeZone A time zone. Defaults to the account's time zone.
 * @return {string} A formatted string of the given date in the given time zone.
 */
function getDateStringInTimeZone(format, date, timeZone) {
  date = date || new Date();
  timeZone = timeZone || AdsApp.currentAccount().getTimeZone();
  return Utilities.formatDate(date, timeZone, format);
}

/**
 * Validates the provided spreadsheet URL to make sure that it's set up
 * properly. Throws a descriptive error message if validation fails.
 *
 * @return {Spreadsheet} The spreadsheet object itself, fetched from the URL.
 */
function validateAndGetSpreadsheet() {
  if ('YOUR_SPREADSHEET_URL' == SPREADSHEET_URL) {
    throw new Error('Please specify a valid Spreadsheet URL. You can find' +
        ' a link to a template in the associated guide for this script.');
  }
  var spreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.openByUrl(SPREADSHEET_URL);
  var email = spreadsheet.getRangeByName('email').getValue();
  if ('[email protected]' == email) {
    throw new Error('Please either set a custom email address in the' +
        ' spreadsheet, or set the email field in the spreadsheet to blank' +
        ' to send no email.');
  }
  return spreadsheet;
}

Bob’s your uncle

The code was originally on the Google Developer’s site here – https://developers.google.com/adwords/scripts/docs/solutions/ad-performance

Please Google, don’t bankrupt me for using the script on here! I’ll take it down if it upsets thee.


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